From engineers to geologists, we asked graduates to mark Welsh towns and cities on the map. This is how badly they did. By Abigail Miskimmonand Jasper Watkins

They're the country's best and brightest and in universities throughout Wales this week, they are donning their caps and gowns and officially becoming graduates.

But that does not mean they have any idea where some key Welsh towns and cities are on the map.

It doesn't even mean they know where they've been living for the last three years.

In possibly the worst attempt by students graduating in Cardiff , one put the capital city (his home for at least the last three years) 85 miles to the west, Swansea 53 miles to the west, and Aberystwyth 57 miles to the south-west. Oh, and he was 123 miles out with Wrexham.

He must think south-west Wales is one densely populated area.

Pictures: What happened when we asked graduates to find Welsh towns and cities on the map

Amid a day of celebration filled with the smiling faces, proud parents and a long-awaited escape from education, we popped along with one last test: can you find Cardiff, Swansea, Wrexham and Aberystwyth on the map?

One would think that this would be a walk in the park for Cardiff's newly graduated engineers and geologists - who knew they would get it this wrong?

The look of happiness draining from parents' faces after witnessing their children's mortifying mistakes was quite something.